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The Curse of Capistrano - cover

The Curse of Capistrano

Johnston McCulley

Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks

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The Curse of Capistrano - Johnston McCulley - The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 serialized novel by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional Californio character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). It would be later published as a book in 1924 under the title The Mark of Zorro
Available since: 08/14/2021.
Print length: 205 pages.

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